lift

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: lĭft, IPA(key): /lɪft/ Rhymes: -ɪft === Etymology 1 === From Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”) or from a root meaning roof (see *luftuz). Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løfte (“to lift”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lyfta (“to lift”), German lüften (“to air, lift”), Old English lyft (“air”). See above. 1851 for the noun sense "a mechanical device for vertical transport". (To steal): For this sense Cleasby suggests perhaps a relation to the root of Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 (hliftus) "thief", cognate with Latin cleptus and Greek κλέπτω (kléptō)). But perhaps simply from the idea of removing an item from a surface. ==== Verb ==== lift (third-person singular simple present lifts, present participle lifting, simple past lifted or (rare, regional, obsolete) lift, past participle lifted or (rare, regional, obsolete) lift or (obsolete) yleft) (ambitransitive) To raise or rise. c. 1490, Of Penance and Confession be master Jhon Yrlandː Liftand (lifting) thy hands and thy eyen to Heaven. (transitive) To cause to move upwards. (transitive, slang) To steal. (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise. (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person). (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.). (transitive) To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.) (intransitive, especially Scotland) To disperse, to break up. (informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing. To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up. (obsolete) To bear; to support. To collect, as moneys due; to raise. (category theory, transitive) Given morphisms f {\displaystyle f} and g {\displaystyle g} with the same target: To produce a morphism which the given morphism factors through (i.e. a morphism h {\displaystyle h} such that f = g ∘ h {\displaystyle f=g\circ h} ; cf. lift n.etymology 1, noun 20) (programming) To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context. (finance) To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale. (hunting, transitive) To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot. ===== Usage notes ===== Lift also has an obsolete form liftand for the present participle. The strong forms were common until the 17th century in writing and still survive in speech in a few rural dialects. ===== Hyponyms ===== airlift ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== lift (countable and uncountable, plural lifts) An act of lifting or raising. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip. Synonym: ride (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) A mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building. Synonym: (US, Canada, Australia, Philippines) elevator A mechanical device for raising vehicles for service, so that it is easier for a mechanic to get beneath them. Coordinate terms: grease pit, inspection pit An upward force; especially, the force (generated by wings, rotary wings, or airfoils) that keeps aircraft aloft. Coordinate term: liftup (weightlifting) Any technique for lifting weights. (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock. (historical slang) A thief. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically. (figurative) An improvement in mood. The amount or weight to be lifted. The space or distance through which anything is lifted. A rise; a degree of elevation. A liftgate. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. (engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley. (shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe. (horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. (category theory) A morphism which some given morphism factors through; i.e. given a pair of morphisms f : X → Y {\displaystyle f:X\to Y} and g : Z → Y {\displaystyle g:Z\to Y} , a morphism h {\displaystyle h} such that f = g ∘ h {\displaystyle f=g\circ h} . (In this case h {\displaystyle h} is said to be a lift of f {\displaystyle f} via Z {\displaystyle Z} or via g {\displaystyle g} ). (broadcasting) A shorter extract from a commercial/advertisement, able to be used on its own. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Cantonese: 𨋢 / 䢂 (lip1) → Dutch: lift→ Papiamentu: left→ Indonesian: lift → Malay: lif → Russian: лифт (lift), лифтъ (lift) — pre-1918 spelling→ Armenian: լիֆտ (lift)→ Georgian: ლიფტი (lipṭi)→ Kazakh: лифт (lift)→ Mongolian: лифт (lift)→ Uyghur: لىفت (lift)→ Uzbek: lift→ Yakut: лифт (lift) → Swahili: lifti → Swedish: lift ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== escalator ==== References ==== The Dictionary of the Scots Language === Etymology 2 === From Middle English lifte, luft, lefte (“air, sky, heaven”), from Old English lyft (“atmosphere, air”), from Proto-West Germanic *luftu, from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“roof, sky, air”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”). Cognate with Old High German luft (“air”) (German Luft), Dutch lucht (“air”), Old Norse lopt, loft (“upper room, sky, air”). Doublet of loft and luft. ==== Noun ==== lift (usually uncountable, plural lifts) (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere. ===== Synonyms ===== (gas or vapour breathed): air (firmament, ethereal region surrounding the earth): atmosphere (the heavens, sky): welkin ==== References ==== “lift”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “lift”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “lift”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === ILTF, flit == Azerbaijani == === Noun === lift (definite accusative lifti, plural liftlər) lift ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “lift” in Obastan.com. == Chinese == == Danish == === Etymology === From English lift. === Noun === lift n (singular definite liftet, plural indefinite lift) The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride boost ==== Inflection ==== === Noun === lift c (singular definite liften, plural indefinite lifte or lifter) carrycot elevator lift ==== Inflection ==== == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɪft/ Hyphenation: lift Rhymes: -ɪft === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from British English lift. ==== Noun ==== lift m (plural liften, diminutive liftje n) a lift, an elevator a free ride, a lift ===== Derived terms ===== goederenlift rolstoellift skilift stoeltjeslift traplift ===== Related terms ===== liften ===== Descendants ===== → Papiamentu: left → Indonesian: lift === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== lift inflection of liften: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative == Estonian == === Etymology === From British English lift. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlift/ === Noun === lift (genitive lifti, partitive lifti) lift, elevator ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English lift. === Pronunciation === === Noun === lift m (plural lifts) (obsolete) lift attendant (UK), elevator attendant (US) 1919, Marcel Proust, À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs: Sans la timidité ni la tristesse du soir de mon arrivée, je sonnai le lift qui ne restait plus silencieux pendant que je m'élevais à côté de lui dans l'ascenseur […] . Without the timidity or sadness of the evening I arrived, I rang for the lift attendant, who no longer remained silent as I travelled up beside him in the elevator. (sports) topspin === References === “lift”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from British English lift. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlift] Hyphenation: lift Rhymes: -ift === Noun === lift (plural liftek) lift, elevator Synonym: (formal) felvonó Hyponym: (a slow, continuously moving lift or elevator) páternoszter ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === lift in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch lift, from British English lift, from Middle English liften, lyften, from Old Norse lypta (“to lift, air”, literally “to raise in the air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną (“to raise in the air”), related to *luftuz (“roof, air”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel, break off, damage”) or from a root meaning roof (see *luftuz). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɪf] Rhymes: -lɪf, -ɪf, -f Hyphenation: lift === Noun === lift (plural lift-lift) lift, mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator Synonym: elevator ==== Alternative forms ==== lif (Standard Malay) ==== Compounds ==== === Further reading === “lift”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism. In sense 1, a clipping of English liftboy. In sense 2, a transferred sense of English lift. === Noun === lift m (invariable) lift / elevator operator (tennis) topspin ==== Derived terms ==== liftare == Middle English == === Alternative forms === luft, left, leoft === Etymology === From Old English lyft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lift/ === Adjective === lift left ==== Descendants ==== English: left Yola: left ==== References ==== “lift, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle Scots == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English lift, luft, from Old English lyft. ==== Alternative forms ==== lyft, luft, lifte, lyfft ==== Noun ==== lift sky, firmament air, atmosphere === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Alternative forms ==== lyft ==== Noun ==== lift act of lifting === References === “lift”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from British English lift, French lift. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lift/ === Noun === lift n (plural lifturi) elevator, lift Synonym: ascensor (tennis, table tennis, volleyball) A stroke that gives the ball an upward trajection. ==== Derived terms ==== aerlift lift spațial == Scots == === Alternative forms === luft === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Scots lift, from Middle English lift / luft, from Old English lyft. === Noun === lift (plural lifts) sky, firmament === References === “lift”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From British English lift. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lîft/ === Noun === lȉft m inan (Cyrillic spelling ли̏фт) lift, elevator Synonym: dȉzalo ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “lift”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from British English lift. First attested in the 20th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lift/, [ˈlift] Rhymes: -ift === Noun === lift m inan (relational adjective liftový) (colloquial) an elevator, lift Synonym: výťah ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “lift”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English lift. === Noun === lift c a ski lift Synonym: skidlift an aerial work platform Synonym: skylift a ride, a lift (for free, for example when hitchhiking) ==== Usage notes ==== Compare skjuts. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lifta (“hitchhike”) liftare (“hitchhiker”) ==== See also ==== linbana skjuts === References === “lift”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “lift”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Uzbek == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian лифт (lift), from British English lift. === Noun === lift (plural liftlar) elevator, lift ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== liftchi liftyor == Volapük == === Noun === lift (genitive lifta, plural lifts) elevator altitude adjustor ==== Declension ====